{"id":6782,"date":"2024-06-21T18:01:16","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T16:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/uk\/?p=6782"},"modified":"2024-06-21T18:01:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T16:01:16","slug":"in-tour-prelude-roglic-and-evenepoel-face-off-in-the-dauphine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/uk\/2024\/06\/21\/in-tour-prelude-roglic-and-evenepoel-face-off-in-the-dauphine\/","title":{"rendered":"In Tour Prelude Rogli\u010d and Evenepoel Face Off in the Dauphin\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>This year\u2019s Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9, which kicks off on Sunday, feels special. That\u2019s because the race is traditionally used as a warmup for the Tour de France, and this year\u2019s Tour is definitely special.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a sport now rich with superstars, all of its wealth could be at the start in the Italian city of Firenze on June 29. It depends on how well Jonas Vingegaard (Visma\u2013Lease a Bike), who has won the last two Tours, has recovered from the grave injuries he sustained at the Itzulia Basque Country in early April.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the latest information, released by his team on the site formerly known as Twitter, the 27-year-old Dane is currently training at altitude in the Alps, in the same area where the Dauphin\u00e9 will be run. It remains to be seen if a month of intense training will make Vingegaard fit enough to compete against Tadej Poga\u010dar (UAE Team Emirates), who is coming off a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2024\/05\/27\/pogacar-pogacar-pogacar-other-takeaways-from-the-2024-giro\/\">historic victory<\/a> in the Giro d\u2019Italia, Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quickstep) and Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d (BORA-hansgrohe).<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Look who\u2019s riding in the French Alps! \ud83c\udfd4\ufe0f <\/p>\n<p>Good luck Jonas, step by step \ud83d\udcaa <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xw6YkpfBrk\">pic.twitter.com\/xw6YkpfBrk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Team Visma | Lease a Bike (@vismaleaseabike) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vismaleaseabike\/status\/1796107237355606130?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Evenepoel and Rogli\u010d are also coming off injuries suffered in the same crash as Vingegaard, but they were less seriously hurt. The Belgian reigning world time trial champion broke his collarbone and scapula and Rogli\u010d came away with a knee injury. Both have been in training since at least late April, and they will both ride in the Dauphin\u00e9. Vingegaard won the race last year and had been scheduled to take part this year as well, but his injuries \u2013 several broken ribs, a fractured collarbone and a collapsed lung \u2013 required a much longer period of recuperation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He will be missed, because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.criterium-du-dauphine.fr\/en\/\">this Dauphin\u00e9<\/a> would have been right up his alley. With the final three stages ending in mammoth climbs to summit finishes \u2013 Le Collet d&#8217;Allevard (11.2km @ 8.1%), Samo\u00ebns 1600 (10km @ 9.3%) and Plateau des Gli\u00e8res (9.4km @7.1% but with long ramps of 10% and more) \u2013 the Dauphin\u00e9 will also be great preparation for the enormous ascents challenging the riders in this year\u2019s very difficult Tour.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though he had a mixed spring, Rogli\u010d is a strong climber and should be able to handle the Dauphin\u00e9\u2019s peaks. But all eyes will be on Evenepoel, who has not yet demonstrated that he can handle the long, steep ascents he will be facing next week and in the Tour. He should win the stage 4 ITT, which runs over 34.4km of hilly terrain. However, Rogli\u010d pulled off a surprise victory in the Itzulia ITT, despite losing his way near the end of the race. The outcome of the Dauphin\u00e9 may very well hinge on how little time the 34-year-old Slovenian loses to his 10-year-younger rival in the time trial.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course, there are other GC contenders in the race in case the two favorites falter. None is more intriguing than last year\u2019s Vuelta winner and Vingegaard teammate Sepp Kuss. Is the race a test for the 29-year-old American to determine if he could step into Vingegaard\u2019s bike shoes if the Dane is not cleared to race in the Tour? Or is he using the race to prepare to again lead his team captain up the Tour\u2019s steepest ascents? Whatever the case, he has had a less than impressive spring, with only a King of the Mountain victory in the Itzulia to decorate his 2024 road race CV.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another interesting candidate is Carlos Rodr\u00edguez (INEOS Grenadiers). He won the Tour de Romandie in late April and finished second to Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates) in the Itzulia. He placed fifth in last year\u2019s Tour and ninth in the 2023 Dauphin\u00e9, but he is only 23 so is definitely eligible to improve. If Evenepoel weakens on a climb and falls out of contention, Rodr\u00edguez could certainly take his place on the podium and perhaps even challenge Rogli\u010d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The same goes for Ayuso, who is only 21 but has already put together an impressive Palmares, with his Itzulia win this year, a third place in the 2022 Vuelta (behind Evenepoel and Enric Mas of Movistar), when he was not yet 20, and second-place finishes in this year\u2019s Tirreno-Adriatico and last year\u2019s Tour de Suisse. He is also an excellent ITT rider, so he will definitely be in the mix if he is in top form, as he will have to be when riding for Poga\u010dar in the Tour.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will be a cracking race, especially in the three mountain stages, and should provide a few clues about the Tour de France. But it is being run in the long shadows cast by the two two-time Tour winners who are sitting this dance out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year\u2019s Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9, which kicks off on Sunday, feels special. 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